Policies for traditional medicine in peripheral China

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Fan, Ruiping ^a   Holliday, Ian ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33745963165     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.12.483     Document Type: Review

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